Raúl Grijalva: “Congress has the responsibility to correct this injustice; to affirm and ensure the sovereignty of Tribal Nations.”

Mr. Cole's bill would simply restore the Secretary of the Interior's authority to take land into trust for all tribes, regardless of their date of Federal recognition.

My bill, the Clean Energy Mineral Reform Act, would do just that.

The mining industry, however, sits above all of that.

This bill would address the long-standing inequities caused by the U.S. Supreme Court's 2009 decision in Carcieri v. Salazar.